Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. The reason patterns often appear in nature ...

Some insects like mantids and grasshoppers have evolved in amazing ways in nature to blend into their environments to allow them both to hide from predators and capture their prey. From leaf ...

His beautiful coffee table book, Patterns in Nature: Why The Natural World Looks The Way It Does (University of Chicago Press, 2017), takes a fascinating and in-depth look into why and how natural ...

Fractal patterns are found throughout nature on large, macroscopic scales, like in romanesco broccoli or fern plants, but until now they have never been identified at the molecular scale.

Nature is alive with a special type of pattern called fractals. From the smallest ice crystal to the vastness of the galaxy, fractals are the building blocks of the natural world.

The human brain is constantly picking up patterns in everyday experiences — and can do so without conscious thought, finds a study 1 of neuronal activity in people who had electrodes implanted ...

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"A Mirror Maze: Numbers in Nature" is included with general admission to Fernbank Museum, which is $25.95 for adults, $24.95 for seniors (ages 65 and older), and $23.95 for children (ages 3 to 12).